UNIT 2.
PESONAL EXPERIENCES
Grade 11
PART A. READING
My most embarrassing experience
Warm-up
Task 1. discuss
Pre-reading
Vocabulary:
Make a fuss (v) [meik ə fʌs] : Làm ầm ĩ
2. Glance at (v) [glɑ:ns ət ] : Liếc qua, nhìn qua
3. Embarrassing (adj) [im`bærəsiη] Ngượng ngùng, lúng túng
4. Sneaky (adj) [`sni:ki] Vụng trộm, lén lút
5. Idol (n) [`aidl] Thần tượng
6. A floppy hat (n) [ə ‘flɒpi hæt ] Nón bằng vải mềm
7. A wad of dollar notes (n) Một xấp tiền đô la
[ə wɒd əv `dɒlə(r) nəʊts ]
MY MOST EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCE
My most embarrassing experience happened a few years aso. when I was a grade 9 student. In those days, my biggest dream was a red hat - a floppy cotton hat like the one my pop star idol wore in her video clip. I thought I would look great in it.
My father knew this, so on my birthday he gave me some money so that I could buy the hat for myself. I was extremely excited and decided to go to the shop at once. I got on the bus and sat down next to a schoolboy about my age. The boy glanced at me and turned away. There was a sneaky look on his face, but I didn`t think much about it. I was busy imagining how I would look in the hat. After a while, I turned round and noticed that the boy’s schoolbag was open. Inside it, I saw a wad of dollar notes exactly like the ones my father had given me. I quickly looked into my own bag - the notes had gone! 1 was sure that the boy was a thief. He had stolen my money. I didn’t want to make a fuss, so I decided just to take my money back from the schoolboy’s bag, without saying a word about it. So I carefully put my hand into the boy’s bag, took the notes and put them in my own bag.
With the money I bought the pretty hat of my dreams. When I got home, I showed it to my father.
“How did you pay for it?” he asked.
“With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course. Dad,” I replied.
“Oh? What`s that then?” he asked, as he pointed to a wad of dollar notes on the table.
Can you imagine how I felt then?
Warm-up
making a fuss sneaky embarrassing glance idols
The girl was so shy that she didn’t look at him in the face. She just ____________ at him and looked away.
She complains noisily about anything she doesn’t like. She is the type of person who is always ____________________.
She was in a very ______________ situation. She felt so stupid and didn’t know what to say.
Teenagers nowadays often have their own __________who they really love and imitate in different ways.
5. I don’t like the look of that man. There is something _______ about him.
making a fuss
glanced
embarrassing
idols
sneaky
Task 1. Fill the blanks
While-reading
What did the girl wish to have when she was in grade 9?
Why did her father give her some money on her birthday?
What did she see in the boy’s bag?
Why did she decide to take the money from the boy’s bad without saying anything about it?
What did she do with money?
Task 3. Answer the questions
What did the girl wish to have when she was in grade 9?

Why did her father give her some money on her birthday?
 She wished to have a red floppy cotton hat.
 He gave her some money so that she could buy the hat for herself.
3. What did she see in the boy’s bag?

4. Why did she decide to take the money from the boy’s bad without saying anything about it?

5. What did she do with money?
 Because she didn’t like to make a fuss.
 She bought the pretty hat of her dreams.
 She saw a wad of dollar notes exactly like the ones her father had given her before.
Task 2. Number
Picture ……….
Picture ……….
Picture ……….
Picture ……….
Picture ……….
Picture ……….
d
b
f
e
a
c
Post-reading
Write a paragraph about 100 words to express your opinion about the story you have learned from the text reading.
Prepare the Speaking Lesson in advance.
Homework
PART B. SPEAKING
Vocabulary:
1. appreciate (adj) /əˈpriːʃieɪt/ : coi trọng , đánh giá cao
2. Attitude (n) /ˈætɪtjuːd/ : thái độ
3. Native (adj) /ˈneɪtɪv/ : tự nhiên
4. Affect (v) /əˈfekt/ : ảnh hưởng
+ effect (n) /ɪˈfekt/
5. Make Sb + V/ Adj: khiến ai đó như thế nào / làm gì
6. Come up: đến chỗ ai
Pre-speaking
Task 1: Match the things you might have done in box A with how the exprience might have affected you in box B
1 – d; 2 – c; 3 – a; 4 – b; 5 -e
1. B: Have you ever spoken English to a native speaker?
2. D: Yes, I talked to an English girl last summer.
3. H: How did you meet her?
4. A: I was walking along Trang Tien Street when an English girl came up to me and asked me the way to Hoan Kiem Lake. I told her, then we started talking about the lake.
5. E: What did you talk about?
6. G: Everything about the lake: its name, the great turtles in it, etc……...
7. C: How did the experience affect you?
8. F: Well, it made me more interested in learning English.
Useful structures:
Have you ever…………?
How did it happen?
When did it happen?
How did the experience affect you?
* The structures used to talk about past experiences in Task 2:
Have you ever spoken English to a native speaker ?
How did you meet her ?
What did you talk about ?
How did the experience affect you ?
PART C. LISTENING
Vocabulary:
memorable (adj) /ˈmemərəbl/ : đáng nhớ
+ memory (n); memorize(v)
- terrified (adj) /ˈterɪfaɪd/ : Sợ hãi
- scream (v) /skriːm/ : la hét
- replace (v) /rɪˈpleɪs/ : thay thế
- gas stove (n) /ɡæs stəʊv/ : bếp ga
- embrace (v/n) /ɪmˈbreɪs/ : ôm, ôm ghì
- escape (v) /ɪˈskeɪp/ : trốn thoát
protect (v) /prəˈtekt/ : bảo vệ
unforgettable (adj) /ˌʌnfərˈɡetəbl/ :không thể quên được
+ forgettable (adj); forget(v)
selfish (adj) /ˈselfɪʃ/ : ích kỷ; + selfishness
Pre-listening
Task 1.
Christina is being interviewed about the most unforgettable experience in her life. Listen to the interview, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
1.Christina is a businesswoman.

2. The fire happened three years ago

3. The fire started in the bedroom .

4. When the fire started, Christina was reading a book.
5. Her mother came and rescued her.
T
F
F
F
T
LANGUAGE FOCUS
PRONUNCIATION:
Sounds /m/ - /n/ - /ŋ/

GRAMMAR:
Present Simple indicating past time.
Tense Revision: The Past Simple, Past Progressive, Past Perfect
Pronunciation
Practice
Good morning. I want an apartment in central London.
We have an inexpensive apartment in Northend Avenue.
I remember meeting him on a nice summer afternoon.
Mr. King is singing next door.
He’s holding a string in his fingers.
He loves spending his holidays in his small summer house.
Pronunciation
Grammar
1) The Present Simple Tense indicating past time: We can use Present Simple Tense to tell a story happening in the past to make the events more dramatic and lively.
2) The Past Simple Tense: We use Simple Past to talk about actions and situations in the past.
3) The Past Progressive Tense: We use Past Progressive to talk about something which was in progress at a past time. The action or situation had started but it had not finished at that time.
4) The Past Perfect Tense: We use Past Perfect to talk about something which had happened before the past time we are thinking about.
Exercise 1. Use the correct present tense forms of the verbs in brackets in the story below.

The story is about a girl called Little Red Riding Hood who (0. live) lives with her mother. Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother (1. invite)______her to her cottage, so one fine day she (2. set) ______off to visit her. The little girl (3. get)______ready,(4. wave) ______goodbye to her mother and (5. promise) __________ to be careful. On her arm she (6. carry)______a basket which (7. contain) ________a cake her mother (8. bake)__________ specially. It (9. be)____a lovely spring morning, the sun (10. shine) __________ and the birds (11. sing)__________ feeling happy that the winter (12. be)______over.
invites
sets
gets
waves
promises
carries
contains
has baked
is
is shining
are singing
is
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences by putting the verbs into the past simple or past progressive.

1. He ________his arm when he ____________football. (break, play)
2. Julia _______her first novel when she _____19 years old (write, be)
3. I ____________on the computer when the fire ______ out (work, break)
4. When it ________to rain, they ___________through the forest (start, walk)
broke
was playing
wrote
was
was working
broke
started
were walking
5) He _____us about his marriage when we ____________ afternoon tea (tell, have)
6) Sorry, I ___________ to you. I ______________about something else. (not listen)
7) I _______you last night, but you ___________. What ______you _______? (phone, not answer, do)
8) Mary ________________her glasses at the time, so she _______________what kind of car the man ______________(not wear, not notice, drive)
told
was having
didn’t listen
was thinking
phoned
were
doing
wasn’t wearing
didn’t notice
didn’t answer
was driving
Grammar
Exercise 3. Write the sentences, putting the verbs in each sentence into the past simple or the past perfect.

1. They (eat) everything by the time I (arrive) at the party.

2. When I (find) my purse, someone (take) the money out of it.


3. By the time I (get) into town, the shops (close).


 He had eaten everything by the time I arrived at the party
 When I found my purse, someone had taken the money out of it
 By the time I got into town, the shops had closed
Grammar
4. When they (get) to the station, the train (leave).

5. By the time you (get) her letter, she (arrive) in Paris.


6. The police (pay) no attention to Clare’s complaint because she (phone) them so many times before.

 When they got to the station, the train had left
 By the time you found my purse, someone had taken the money out of it
 The police paid no attention to Clare’s complaint because she had phone them so many times before
Grammar
7. I (go) to the post office to ask about my package, but they (say) that it (not arrive) yet.


8. When I (look) at the new dress for half an hour, I (ask) how much it (cost).

 I went to the post office to ask about my package, but they said that hadn’t arrived yet.
 When I had looked at the new dress for half an hour, I asked how much it cost
Grammar